In Kyrgyzstan he is driven around in a bucking jeep with harvesters among the walnut trees of the Ferghana Valley.

ECONOMIST: Trees

Wine has a long history in China, reaching back more than 2, 000 years to the first wine imported from Ferghana in what is now Uzbekistan.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Katta Ashula (literally big song ) is a type of traditional song that forms part of the identity of various peoples of the Ferghana Valley in Uzbekistan, which is also home to Tajiks, Uyghurs and Turks, and of some regions of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan.

UNESCO: Culture